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1 - 8 of 8 (0.23 seconds)Centrlal Board Of Sec.Education & Anr vs Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors on 9 August, 2011
Section 4(2) of the RTI Act mandates every public authority to provide as much information suo-
motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications, including the
Internet, so that the public need not resort to the use of RTI Act.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of CBSE and Anr. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay
and Ors 2011 (8) SCC 497 held as under:
Section 4 in The Right to Information Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
Section 6 in The Right to Information Act, 2005 [Entire Act]
General Manager Finance Air India Ltd & ... vs Virender Singh on 16 July, 2012
Furthermore, High Court of Delhi in the decision of General Manager Finance Air India Ltd &
Anr v. Virender Singh, LPA No. 205/2012, Decided On: 16.07.2012 had held as under:
Bihar Public Service Commn vs Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi & Anr on 13 December, 2012
In this context, the Commission referred to
the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Bihar Public Service Commission v.
Saiyed Hussain Abbas Rizwi: (2012) 13 SCC 61 wherein while explaining the term "Public
Interest" it was held as under:
The State Of Bihar vs Maharajadhiraja Sir Kameshwar Singhof ... on 27 May, 1952
"22. The expression "public interest" has to be understood in its true connotation so as to
give complete meaning to the relevant provisions of the Act. The expression "public
interest" must be viewed in its strict sense with all its exceptions so as to justify denial of
a statutory exemption in terms of the Act. In its common parlance, the expression "public
interest", like "public purpose", is not capable of any precise definition. It does not have
a rigid meaning, is elastic and takes its colour from the statute in which it occurs, the
concept varying with time and state of society and its needs (State of Bihar v. Kameshwar
Singh([AIR 1952 SC 252]). It also means the general welfare of the public that warrants
recognition and protection; something in which the public as a whole has a stake
[Black's Law Dictionary (8th Edn.)]."
Ashok Kumar Pandey vs The State Of West Bengal on 18 November, 2003
The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Ashok Kumar Pandey vs The State Of West Bengal
(decided on 18 November, 2003Writ Petition (crl.) 199 of 2003) had made reference to the
following texts for defining the meaning of "public interest', which is stated as under:
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